About the Authors

Takayuki Jujo Sanada

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

naikamo_resp19184@chiba-u.jp

Affiliations Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan, Department of Advanced Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Seiichiro Sakao

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Akira Naito

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan, Department of Advancing Research on Treatment Strategies for respiratory disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University Chiba City, Japan

Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Masaki Suga

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Hiroki Shoji

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Hideki Miwa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Rika Suda

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Shunichiro Iwasawa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan, Department of Advancing Research on Treatment Strategies for respiratory disease, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University Chiba City, Japan

Yuji Tada

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Keiichi Ishida

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Nobuhiro Tanabe

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan, Department of Advanced Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Koichiro Tatsumi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Japan

Competing Interests

T.J.S and N.T. are members of an endowed department sponsored by Actelion Pharmaceuticals; N.T. received lecture honoraria from Bayer, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Actelion Pharmaceuticals. A.N. and S.I. are members of an endowed department sponsored by Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Teijin Pharma Limited; S.I. received lecture honoraria from Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; and K.T. received lecture honoraria from Actelion Pharmaceuticals and Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.